A decline in both real and nominal GDP, a rising unemployment rate and decreasing tort activity as a result of...
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Barbara Morris died in a house fire set by an insurance arsonist. Bob Harper bought a fake health policy after...
The property/casualty small business sector—those accounts with less than 50 employees—has shrunk substantially since 2007, and there has been a...
The total economic cost of an overweight and obese population in the U.S. and Canada approaches $300 billion per year,...
Record reinsurer capital levels, strong reinsurer capacity, an absence of major catastrophe losses in the U.S. and competitive pressures helped...
Lloyd’s leaders have long warned that the “compensation culture” is steadily increasing the costs of legal actions in the UK,...
Carbon dioxide already emitted into the atmosphere will keep contributing to global warming for centuries, eventually causing a huge Antarctic...
BP and its partners made a series of cost-cutting decisions that ultimately contributed to the oil spill that ravaged the...
The U.S. coal industry had its deadliest year in nearly two decades in 2010, with much of the death toll...
The U.S. property/casualty industry generated improved operating results in the third quarter despite competitive market conditions, elevated catastrophe losses, the...